Amazon Linux AMI : nvidia (ALAS-2012-67)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69674

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.

Solution

Run 'yum update nvidia' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69674

File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-67.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nvidia, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nvidia-kmod-3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nvidia-kmod, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0946

ALAS: 2012-67

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